The Good Wife is an American legal drama, which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009. The series was created by Robert and Michelle King (In Justice), and stars Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, and Chris Noth. The Kings are executive producing with Ridley Scott (the director of Blade Runner), Charles McDougall, Tony Scott and David W. Zucker. On October 7, 2009 CBS gave the series a full-season pickup, extending the first season from 13 ...
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The Good Wife is an American legal drama, which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009. The series was created by Robert and Michelle King (In Justice), and stars Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, and Chris Noth. The Kings are executive producing with Ridley Scott (the director of Blade Runner), Charles McDougall, Tony Scott and David W. Zucker. On October 7, 2009 CBS gave the series a full-season pickup, extending the first season from 13 to 22 episodes.
The storyline focuses on Margulies as Alicia Florrick, as the wife of Peter Florrick (Noth). Her husband has been jailed following a very public sex and corruption scandal. She returns to her old job as a defense attorney to rebuild her reputation and provide for her two children. The series was partly inspired by the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal.
The series has been sold to several international broadcasters. In Ireland the program will broadcast on RTE One as part its autumn/winter 2009 lineup; In The Netherlands the...
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